Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”

“A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.”

“To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.”

“Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.”

“It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.”

“We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.”

“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.”

“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.”

“Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.”

“The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.”